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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.3637,Lat: 50.6382
Elevation	91 meter above sea level
Local time	0:19:01am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Cornwall
Name	Launceston Central

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 withnoe	1.6 km	SouthEast
2 Stourscombe	2.1 km	SouthEast
3 Daw's House	2.4 km	SouthWest
4 Werrington	2.9 km	North
5 Yeolmbridge	3 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	127 km	NorthEast
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	186 km	SouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	228 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Celtic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 21 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named UK South West. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Roadford Lake (2.9 km² at a distance of 10.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bodmin Moor with a height of 69 meter (at a distance of 14.3 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 162.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 227 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Birmingham International Airport (at a distance of 271 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Newquay Cornwall Airport (at a distance of 50 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.3 km2

0.3%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

72.2 km2

92%

Urban area

3.1 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Launceston in country England

Launceston at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	91 km	WestSouthWest
2 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	97 km	East
3 Blaenavon Industrial Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	155 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Launceston

Type of weather in Launceston	light rain
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	06:49 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:39 Europe/Amsterdam